Cane-loader.



No. 731,923. PATENTED JUNE 23, 1903.

' L. B. LOTZ.

CANE LOADER.

APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 18. 1903.

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PATENT OFFICE.

LEONI-IARD B. LOTZ, OF IDLAQUEMINE, LOUISIANA.

CANE-LOADER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 731,923, dated June 23,1903. Applicationled February 18, 1903. Serial No. 143.982. (No model.)

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, LEONHARD B. IIOTZ, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Plaquernine, in the parish of Iberville and State ofLouisiana, have invented certain new and useful ImprovementsinCane-Loaders, of which the following is a specication.

My invention is au improvement in caneloaders, being in the nature of aloading device specially designed for use in loading sugar-cane onwagons or other carriers; and the invention consists in certain novelconstructions aud combinations of parts, as will be hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved loader as inuse. Fig. lL is a detail side elevation; and Fig. 2 is a detail planView of the base, showing the triangular form thereof.

In carrying out my invention I provide a suitable base A, which maypreferably be triangular in form and is mounted on a broad-gagecarriage, so as to give sufficient width at the base to properly supportthe loading devices. This base is provided with a foot-bearing A for thelower end of the shaft B, which shaft journals at its upper endV inbearings at C and D in plates C and D. The plate C is arranged a shortdistance below the plate D, and the loader is arranged at about theupper end of the shaft B, the two plates forming a comparatively broadbearing for the upper end of the shaft B in the use of the apparatus.The plate C is braced by three strut-braces E, F, and G, secured attheir lower ends at E', F', and G to the base A and secured at theirupper ends, usually by nuts, above and below the plate C to the saidplate, as shown. The brace-rod G extends through and beyond the plate Cand up to and connects with the plate D, nuts being provided at G2 andG3 below and above the plate C, and the extension g of the rod G,extending from the plate C, is secured near its upper end to theplate D,as shown in Fig. l. A horizontally extending arm or beam H is secured atits inner end to the shaft B at a point slightly below the plate C andextends outwardly sufficiently far to project beyond the sides of thebase A to such eX- tent as to deliver the cane or other material beinghandled into a wagon alongside the base A and is provided at its outerend with the upturned branch H', from the upper end of which extends aguy-line I, wllich connects at its inner end with a pin J, projectingout of the shaft B through the top plate D. This guy-line helps supportthe arm H, and said arm is also supported by a strut-brace K, secured atits lower end to the shaft B and at its upper end tothe arm II, at ashort distance from the outer end of the said armv H, leaving a portionh between the branch H and the connection K of the strut-brace K, uponwhich operates the roller or trolley L, from which the grab-hooks ortongs are suspended, as shown. l and forth permits the adjustment of thegrab-hooks or tongs to properly take up and deliver cane at differentpoints. A crossbrace M extends from the strut K, at about the middlethereof, horizontally inward and connects with the shaft B, supportingthe strut, as shown, and its cross-brace connects near its outer end bya rod M with the arm or beam H about midway between the connection K'and the shaft B, as shown. The shaft B is provided with a handle N, bywhich it This travel of the grab-hook back.

may be turned to adjust the hooks or tongs l to position to deliver thecane, as shown, or they may be operated to secure the load of cane to bedelivered to the wagon, as will be understood from Fig. l. A suitablepulleyblock is suspended from or carried by the pulley L, and a rope O,extending through guides O and O2 on the base A, may be hitched to amule or other power for raising .the tongs. The tongs are suspended fromthe pulleyblocks and may be provided with means for tripping them inorder to secure a discharge of the load whenever desired.

The special form of grab-bookshown constitutes the subject-matter of aseparate application for patent executed by me of even date herewith.

In Fig. 1 I show a guy-line P, which connects by a hook or otherwisewith the upper plate D and by an eyebolt P with the tongue, as shown inFig. 2.

The apparatus may be used for loading sugar-cane or other crops. Inloading sugarcane, the cane having been cut as usual and thrown orcorded four rows in one, thus leaving two clear rows for the loader tomove in,

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the loader drawn by horses or mules is moved along the row or pile ofcane. The open grabhook being lowered over the cane and so placed as tograb up an armful is operated by means of the hoisting-rope O to raisethe cane clear of the ground, when by means of the handle N the operatorcan turn the bundle of cane held by the grab-hook around to a point overthe wagon, when the tongs or hooks can be tripped to deliver the cane tothe wagon, as desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. A cane-loader substantially as herein described, comprising the base,the upright shaft jourualed at its lower end to the base, a plate Chaving a bearing for the shaft and openings for the braces, the bracessecured at their lower ends to the base and at their upper ends to theplate C, one of the said braces being extended beyond the said plate C,a

plate D secured to such extension of the brace and having a bearing forthe upright shaft, a lateral arm secured to the shaft at a point belowthe plate C and provided at its outer end with an upturned wing orbranch, aguyline extending from this wing or branch, and connected atits inner end with the shaft, a strut-brace between the shaft and arm orbeam and connected with the latter at a short distance from the upturnedbranch or wing thereof, a roller or trolley operating on the arm or beambetween its upturned wing and the strut-brace and means whereby theshaft may be turned, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with the base having a bearing for the lower end ofthe shaft and the shaft journaled at its lower end in said bearing, ofthe plates C and D having bearings for the shaft near the upper endthereof, and the lateral arm or beam on the shaft near its upper end,and the braces secured at their lower ends to the base and at theirupper ends to the plate C andone of said braces being extended above theplate C and connected with the plate D, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of the shaft B having a lateral arm or beam providedat its outer end with an upturned arm or Wing, a strutbrace secured atits lower end to the shaft and at its upper end to the armor beam at apoint in from the upturned Wing thereof, and the hoisting devicesmovable on the arm or beam between the upturned wing thereof and theupper end of the strut-brace, and limited in its movement thereby,substantially as set forth.

LEONHARD B. LOTZ.

Witnesses:

HY. BERAUD, J As. M. RHORER, J r.

